How to become a guide dog trainer?

At the 28 Beijing Paralympic Games, which opened on September 6th, China's visually impaired athletes will participate in the competition under the guidance of guide dogs trained in mainland China for the first time. Can guide dogs really help visually impaired people avoid obstacles? The reporter visited the first and only training base for guide dogs in mainland China-Dalian Training Base for Guide Dogs in China. Training guide dogs will not bring panic to their owners. They will not bark at any time. As long as they obey the instructions, people and dogs can travel safely! Wang Jingyu is a professor at Dalian Medical University and the founder of Dalian Training Base for Guide Dogs in China. The 44-year-old doctor of animal behavior has been dealing with animals for 26 years. In 1992, Wang Jingyu went to Japan to study. In Japan, Wang Jingyu found that the application of guide dogs has greatly facilitated the life of the visually impaired people in Japan. With the help of guide dogs, many visually impaired people can freely enter and leave public places, and even buy food and walk like healthy people ... "The disabled in China need care, and the visually impaired need guide dogs." In 21, Wang Jingyu, who returned to China, was recruited to the Experimental Animal Center of Dalian Medical University as an imported talent, and the application and research of guide dogs were subsequently included in his scientific research project. In September, 24, China Guide Dog Dalian Training Base was initially established with the support and help of China Disabled Persons' Federation, Dalian Municipal Government, Dalian Disabled Persons' Federation and Dalian Medical University. Song Yanan, the breeding supervisor and training instructor of the base, told the reporter: "Guide dogs mostly choose Labrador and Golden Retriever, because they are not aggressive to human beings, moderate in size, gentle in temperament and honest in appearance. Stability is the best condition for them to become guide dogs. Of course, not all Labradors and Golden Retrievers have the potential to be guide dogs, and they need to be strictly screened. Dogs that are too lively and too sensitive to external things are not suitable for being guide dogs. " Dogs that have been identified as potential guide dogs generally need to go through three stages in training. After being vaccinated more than 4 days after birth, they will leave the delivery room and be fostered in the homes of caring volunteers. This stage mainly lies in cultivating their ability to adapt to the environment and communicate with people in a friendly way. After a year's feeding, the dog's body shape and IQ are close to maturity, and they will be brought back to the base for another round of selection and training. "In the Japanese film" Guide Dog Little Q ",trainers use methods such as whistling and putting food on the roadside to screen adult Labradors suitable for being guide dogs. Why?" "Only those dogs that have little response to sound and can withstand the temptation of food can be qualified as guide dogs. If the visually impaired people cross the road and the guide dog hears the car whistle and scares away first, their lives will be in danger. Only a guide dog with no distractions is good! This is also the second round of evaluation for dogs identified as' quasi' guide dogs. Only after passing this round of assessment can you receive formal training! " An instructor's answer solved the reporter's doubts. After six to eight months of rigorous training, we will enter the key stage of training-under the screening and guidance of trainers, guide dogs and visually impaired people will cooperate with each other and train together. "Sit down!" "Go!" In the face of the reporter's order, a "quasi-"guide dog being trained ignored it. The training instructor told the reporter: "The training dog can only enter the working state after the person gives the correct command with the special dog saddle." Then, I heard the trainer close his eyes and shout, "go!" The training dog walked forward with vigorous steps. “stop! sit!” With another order from the trainer, the training dog stopped and sat down. The instructor told reporters that it is an international practice to issue instructions to guide dogs in English. In daily training, most of the instructions received by guide dogs are the words "up, go, stop, sit, right, left". "Our guide dogs can understand not only English instructions, but also Chinese and even sign language instructions." According to reports, dogs are born color-blind, and can't guide the blind to cross the road by looking at the signal lights. Therefore, how to guide the owner to the intersection with zebra crossings correctly and observe the flow of people and traffic with the cooperation of the owner has become an important duty of guide dogs. If a car passes by, the guide dog will stop immediately and signal the owner not to go any further. "Well-trained guide dogs will not bring panic to their owners. They will not bark at any time. As long as they obey the instructions, people and dogs can travel safely!" Guide dogs must be trained repeatedly for a long time and often go to the streets for "actual combat" until they can complete all the commands accurately and can be officially employed. At present, the number of guide dogs is limited, so the procedure is very strict when choosing its' owner'. According to international practice, guide dogs are provided for visually impaired people free of charge. At present, China Guide Dog Dalian Training Base has successfully trained 6 guide dogs, among which Star and Lucky work in Beijing, Mao Mao, Benben, Shasha and Xiaoke work in Dalian, and 3 "quasi" guide dogs are being trained in the training base. "At present, the number of guide dogs is limited, so the procedure is very strict when choosing its' owner'." Song Yanan told reporters. According to reports, visually impaired people who need guide dogs can have guide dogs only if they meet the following conditions, that is, the applicant has passed the physical examination, has the ability to walk directionally, has a sense of direction, can walk two blocks independently, has the motivation to travel, has the consent of his family to adopt, has the basic ability to take care of dogs, and has no history of animal allergies. Zhang Sujun, a 43-year-old visually impaired person in Lushunkou District, Dalian, was one of the first beneficiaries after the successful training of guide dogs in Dalian Training Base of China. Her guide dog's name was Mao Mao. "With the help of Mao Mao, Zhang Sujun and her visually impaired husband are free to go shopping and walk in the park, and their personalities have become cheerful and happy. Because of the large amount of activities, their bodies are much healthier than before." Song Yanan told reporters with relief. "At the Paralympic Games, Ping Yali, a visually impaired person who achieved a' zero' breakthrough in the gold medal for China, now has a guide dog cultivated by our base. Its name is Lucky." Song Yanan said proudly. "Ping Yali can become the master of Lucky, which is not a simple matter. Like many job seekers, she has to be interviewed and matched. Lucky has a big body and a fast pace, so visually impaired people of average size may not be able to hold it. Only athletes like Ping Yali can' surrender' it. " On December 4th, 27, accompanied by Song Yanan, Lucky came to Ping Yali's home in Beijing for training. According to Song Yanan's memory, once, Ping Yali took Lucky out, and Lucky suddenly stopped on the way. No matter how Ping Yali pulls it, it won't go. "I have been closely followed by, let Ping Yali sound out what's ahead with their feet. Ping Yali found out with his feet and was scared in a cold sweat. It turned out that there was a very dangerous step ahead. If you accidentally fall, the consequences will be unimaginable. " Today, Lucky has become Ping Yali's "eyes" and a good "helper" who never leaves. As a torchbearer of the 28 Beijing Olympic Games, Ping Yali hopes to take Lucky to participate in the Olympic torch relay in Beijing. Identity There is no certification body for guide dogs in China, and public security organs cannot identify which pet dog is a guide dog. "In China, according to the regulations, pets are not allowed to take buses, and other public places such as toll parks are also not allowed to allow guide dogs to enter. However, guide dogs are different from other pet dogs. If this situation cannot be improved, the ability of guide dogs to guide their owners to carry out activities will deteriorate. " The trainer told the reporter. Ping Yali took the guide dog training certificate issued by the base to Lucky, and went to the public security organ to register for Lucky, but the registration could not be applied. Because guide dogs are large dogs that are forbidden in urban areas (large dogs with an adult height of more than 35 cm). "Although the public security police who handled related matters expressed their understanding to us and allowed us to use guide dogs, in fact, guide dogs are still black households." Ping Yali said. The reporter learned in the interview that China has not incorporated the use and norms of guide dogs into unified laws and regulations, and relevant regulations can only be seen in local laws and regulations of individual cities. For example, in the "Regulations on Dog Breeding in Beijing", there is a provision that guide dogs can be exempted from paying management fees. However, because there is no certification body for guide dogs in China, the public security organs cannot determine which pet dog is a guide dog. The staff of the Beijing Public Security Office for Comprehensive Management of Restricted Pets said that they are studying the related issues of guide dogs, hoping to find a feasible way to solve the problem of guide dogs' travel. Relevant personnel of Beijing Public Transport Group said that the public transport group, as the policy enforcement department, still prohibits guide dogs from taking buses at this stage. When the bus is "open" to guide dogs must be decided by the policy-making department. "Guide dogs are the eyes of the visually impaired. In Japan and South Korea, the knowledge about guide dogs has been written into textbooks. Whether by bus, subway, shopping malls or supermarkets, in many countries and regions, as long as people can go, guide dogs can go. Foreign guide dogs will get training qualification certificates after being trained in' schools', and this certificate will be legally recognized. I hope that guide dogs in mainland China can also get legal status as soon as possible. " Song Yanan said. Excerpted from

Procuratorial Daily on June 24th. References:/dzb/zhukan/page _ 12/286/t28624 _ 382.html.